Well, I didn't look at signalling too closely, I didn't need to really with only a couple of trains!īut another thing with this release is there's no manual included with the software, I had to go hunting around on the Internet to locate one, which was apparently written after the game was released - after the developers realised people were having problems with the interface.īut the manual's not much use anyway, you really have to play in Sandbox mode and try things out, then write your own documentation based on trial and error!īut to be fair, the game may be quite good once you've figured out how to do things, but it's a very steep learning curve, and you need to be willing to invest a lot of time just getting the hang of things. Oh well, looks like it's back to good ol' Transport Tycoon for me!Īnd Railroad Tycoon III of course, for those incredible graphics - and a decent user-interface! As a result, trains come into view on one side of the screen, and the engine has already disappeared off the other side of the screen before the rest of the train has come into view! It's like having your nose pressed up close to the monitor all the time - it makes it impossible to step back and get a sense of what's going on in any wider context, something I consider essential in a sim. The other thing that I find very disappointing is the zoom function - you can zoom in real close, but you can't pull back very far to get a birds-eye view of the action. I find it a pity that a game with such excellent graphics can be rendered pretty much unplayable because no thought has been put into making the interface intuitive / user-friendly. I figured the only way I would have any chance of getting to grips with the game is by creating detailed step-by-step instructions for myself, that I could refer to during gameplay - because there seems little chance I'd ever remember how to do anything in the game otherwise! Accomplishing simple tasks is not intuitive at all, and involves navigating a labyrinth of buttons. So bear in mind if you want to play TG:Downunder, don't install the patches!Īpart from that, I have mixed feelings about Transport Giant. Everything was fine until I applied the two patches 1.2 and 1.3, whereupon the TG:Downunder expansion pack completely vanished from the TG menus! Perfect entertainment in a crazy over the top non-stop action movie! There are better action movies out there but not much.I just purchased Transport Giant Gold, the release that includes the expansion pack TG:Downunder. One little point of critic is that the editing isn't always great. A good thing is the excellent soundtrack by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina that gives the movie an extra 'cool' feeling. Also I think that Nicholas Cage is a bit too much of a good guy in the movie, not only does he help his friend on board, he even finds time to try and save all the cops their lives and that of the bunny present for his daughter. Although I think that the movie might had been better of without the Poe's family scene's and storyline, even though I still sort of like the emotional scene's between them. But dislike other action movies "Con Air" actually has a story that I like, even though it's completely over the top. Of course the story is not important, it's all about explosions, shootings, fist fights and everything in between. The introduction of the prisoners at the beginning of the movie is completely over the top but I love it! It possibly is one of my favorite scene's in cinema history when we first meet Cyrus the Virus and Diamond Dog, the music really sets the mood in that scene. Especially John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi are excellent as always and their characters are the best of the movie even though Buscemi's character wasn't really needed at all. The actors are all simply perfect for their roles. It has some of the best casting in a movie I have ever seen. The movie is filled with crazy over the top characters such as Pinball, Johnny-23, The Marietta Mangler and Sally-can't-dance. This is ladies and gentlemen the ultimate guy movie. Macho's in a non-stop action movie with lot's of explosions.
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